Dan Liparini

About

Dan Liparini is a guitarist, composer and educator based in New Jersey. As a bandleader and a sideman he has performed at venues around the Northeast such as Smalls Jazz Club, Dizzy's Jazz Club, Ornithology, the Newport Jazz Festival, and the Sidedoor Jazz Club. In September 2025 he was awarded First Prize in the 6th International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Krakow, Poland. Dan earned his Master's in Jazz Arranging at William Paterson University and his Bachelor's in Jazz Studies at the Hartt School of Music. In addition to his work as a sideman, he has released two albums of original music; Miss You, Dear Old Friend, an album of acoustic duo performances with bassist Alex Tremblay, (La Reserve Records, 2024) and Tessellations, a quartet record featuring Jen Allen, Matt Dwonsyzk and Eric Hallenbeck, (2020). Dan has been teaching private lessons, coaching ensembles and presenting masterclasses since 2013, and has been a faculty member of the Litchfield Jazz Camp since 2017.